Charlie i spoke to actor leslie odom junior. What brought you to hamilton . Leslie i was invited. Sometimes you find the best jobs in this business you didnt audition for, you have no idea how you got there. I just asked tommy last week i have a superstition, i dont want to ask how it came about. Im afraid they may realize, why did we ask this guy . I did get invited two years ago to do a reading of the show and i had seen it at vassar. I had seen them do half an hour of the show at music stands and was blown away. When i was invited to do the reading, i prepared like i had never prepared before. I came out and knew all my music. I knew what they were working on. It had powerful potential. I knew how it affected me. This is our music. I recognized the rhythms and the syncopation, and the pulse of the piece. It has been in my ear since i was born. Wondered when hiphop would come to broadway, because rock came to broadway. Leslie lin was influential in that as well, in the heights. I rem